Print version| Country | MALTA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Correctional Services | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Corradino Correctional Facility, Valletta Road, Paola, Malta CMR 02 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +356 21 695 026 fax: +356 21 697?599 Web: www.mjha.gov.mt |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Abraham Zammit
Acting Director |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
599
at 1.9.2011 (Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
144
based on an estimated national population of 417,000 at September 2011 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
30.4%
(1.9.2011 - Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.5%
(1.9.2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.7%
(1.9.2011 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
34.7%
(1.9.2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
1
(2011 - Corradino Correctional Facility) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 480
(1.9.2009) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
102.9%
(1.9.2009) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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